After England saw off Sweden to reach the World Cup semi-finals at the weekend, the phrase made famous by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds has been trending on every social network you can think of, with the meme factory churning out thousands of clips which have threatened to break the internet.

But while the hook from the 1996 hit 'Three Lions' has perfectly captured the national zeitgeist over the past few weeks, whisper it, but it's not the best England song.

That honour still belongs to New Order's 1990 hit World In Motion, which soundtracked the England team's last passage to the last four of the World Cup.

The lyrics, the beat, the synths, Peter Hook's base... it's all there. And it also features the iconic John Barnes rap, which has been a staple of the discerning England fan's musical repertoire for the last 28 years.

Austin got his verbal chops around the Barnsey rap in 2011

But how do you make this slice of pop perfection even better?

Get former Leeds United star Rudi Austin to perform the Barnsey rap, of course.

Back in 2011, when the Jamaican midfielder was was plying his trade for Norwegian side SK Brann, the club produced a cover of Bernard Sumner and pal's 1990 hit ahead of their Cup final song.

Sadly, Austin and Brann lost 2-1 to Aalesund, but with England preparing to face Croatia in the semi-final tonight, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to give it a spin and get us all in the mood for the big match.

Rudi's rap kicks in at the 2 minute 50 second mark, in case you don't fancy watching Norway's best Liam Gallagher lookalike belting out the first half of the song.

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Austin joined Leeds in 2012, becoming somewhat of a cult favourite at Elland Road before being released in 2015. He then agreed a move to Sheffield Wednesday, but was denied a work permit so ended up signing for Brondby and last year signed for Esbjerg.